Join the National Mountain Bike Patrol

New patrollers may not join online. Instead, please submit the form below.

There are five mandatory requirements for membership as a patroller:

Current certification in basic first aid and CPR.

Joining an existing patrol group or starting a new one. Since you may not patrol public land without land manager permission, the easiest thing is to join a group that already has permission. If you're wanting to patrol as a single individual without a patrol group, you will be asked to submit a letter of support from your land manager. If there is not a group near you, we can help you start one! Here's the list of current groups.

Successful completion of any of the following courses:

A mountain bike patrol training course (taught by a local NMBP-affiliated group).

A volunteer host training program (taught by local land manager).

A ski area specific mountain bike patroller training (taught by a local ski area management or ski patrol).

The application form, submitted with proof of first aid/CPR, the name of the patrol group you are joining, and membership payment. NEW PATROLLES MAY NOT SIGN UP ONLINE. Instead, submit the application below.

Get started!

Send the form to IMBA (fax and email preferred, you can call in with a credit card number) along with 1.) payment, 2.) proof of a basic first aid/CPR course, 3.) which patrol group you are joining and 4.) where or from whom you received your patroller training. There is no online membership application at this time. If you are already an IMBA member, we recommend joining as a patroller at the regular level regardless. Twelve more months will be added to your membership's current expiration date. Your annual patroller renewal will include a regular IMBA membership. Thanks so much for your volunteerism!

IMBA/NMBP

P.O. Box 20280

Boulder, CO 80308

(This is a new address - do not send to former address, which was P.O. Box 711)

The guidance on this website, and in other IMBA documents, is for reference only and should not be interpreted as a standard, specification or regulation. Mountain biking is inherently risky and could result in injury or death.